The Great Depression, World War II, the turbulence of the 1960s — as painful as they are, why is it that particularly difficult times in history are also often remembered by those who endured them as being particularly precious and special?
Perhaps you could call it a dual edged sword of irony — the fact that [...]

This week we found that many local community groups and village officials are discussing the newly enacted decision by Cablevision to withhold two local channels from the airwaves for those subscribers who only pay for their basic package. The two channels are 20 and 22 — a public access channel and a government channel. We [...]

This week, we would like to applaud Stony Brook Southampton for taking the initiative to educate their students and the public with an eye on creating more jobs related to green energy practices in the future. We find this way of thinking refreshing in these troubled times and see it as a “green lining,” as [...]

While we were surprised to hear that the New York State Commission on Property Tax Relief recommended that neighboring schools with smaller populations consolidate to give relief to taxpayers, we must say that we aren’t opposed to the idea. We are not talking, however, about the combining of students among schools. We are simply talking [...]

While we respect the idea that the John Jermain Memorial Library Board of Trustees and Newman Architects would like to give the public the opportunity to shape a new building program for Sag Harbor’s library, to a certain extent much of this discussion feels redundant.
We understand this is a relatively new firm to the process, [...]

This week we learned that the Town of Southampton Animal Shelter has lost three of its employees, because their positions were eliminated from the 2009 budget.
Southampton, like many towns this year, had to be creative in its attempts to cut costs and freeze spending for the town as a whole, and in doing so, [...]

Those who have followed this paper with anything approaching regularity know that we have written many times over the years about the need to remember those who are less fortunate than ourselves as the holidays approach. It has always been an important message and a vital reminder in this playground of excess. After all, we [...]

For generations people have come to the East End from the city in search of the wide-open vistas, sea breezes and authentic farm views that have long defined the area. As time has marched onward, increasingly these vistas have been narrowed as more and more development has encroached upon the very scenery that brought these [...]

Residents in Sag Harbor are likely poised to face rising taxes from the county, towns and the school in the coming fiscal year while trying to digest a national economy and housing market on the brink of catastrophe – economies we are intrinsically linked to as we watch mortgage tax revenues we once depended on [...]

When putting a team together, we have learned, the most important thing to do is find a leader. A person who can inspire. An individual who can lift a group of men and women, boys and girls, above mediocrity and allow them to sing. To encourage the group to perform at its best.
We are terribly [...]